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CHART 2.11

Unemployment rates for youth, 2005

  • Italian teenagers had the highest unemployment rate, followed by their counterparts in Sweden and Spain.

  • Unemployment rates for teenagers were higher than those for 20- to 24-year-olds in all countries except Denmark and Germany.

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Chart of Unemployment rates for youth, 2005

NOTE: 2004 for Singapore. Teenagers are defined as persons ages 15 to 19 or ages 16 to 19.

SOURCE: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and International Labor Office.

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